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With as many as one in five shoppers never thinking about whether food had been produced in exploitative conditions [insert source], this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight campaign is timely in calling for more people to choose ethically produced goods, so more farmers in developing countries are treated fairly.

Juliana is a farmer and entrepreneur in eastern Ghana. Following some tough years on the farm she took part in the Cocoa Life training programme, and has since been able to turn her livelihood around. She is now able to support her children, her sister’s children and her parents, as well as help educate and empower other women in the community achieve their own success.

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Our Health for Life programme has had a very busy and successful couple of weeks and I’m enormously proud of the team and our amazing community partners that have shown great passion, dedication and a great sense of humour over the past few weeks! Here’s what we’ve been up to...

Sam Sparrow explains what it’s like to work at our new global employee services centre based in Bournville, the home of Cadbury: “I started my career in Mondelez 24 years ago! I joined Cadbury as a graduate and my role was to forecast the sales of all the products made in our Bournville factory – a real job with real impact from day one".

​Bournville second year apprentice, Matthew Mason, spent a day in London meeting with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Elizabeth Truss, and the Skills Minister, Nick Boles to share his experience of being an apprentice at Mondelēz UK.

Mary Barnard
President, Mondelez, UK
I have the privilege of being the guardian of one of Britain’s most loved brands, Cadbury, the nation’s favourite chocolate. I am also the UK’s number one fan of Cadbury Dairy Milk Caramel. But most importantly I’m a representative of the thousands of people that are proud to work for Mondelez in the UK.

Alex Nevin, former Manufacturing Apprentice, at the home of Cadbury in Bournville. Alex completed his apprenticeship nearly 12 months ago and is now an operator on one of our state of the art lines of the future.

Award winning. Shaheed Khattak, is an Engineering Apprentice at the home of Cadbury in Bournville. Shaheed, who was awarded the Food and Drink Federation’s Apprentice of the Year 2015, discusses why other young people should think seriously about a career in the food and drink industry.

As we pass the two year mark since Mondelēz commenced its significant £75m investment into our Bournville factory, Maria Pia De Caro, Bournville Plant Director reflects on what we’ve achieved at the home of Cadbury in Bournville.

Newly appointed Birmingham Chamber of Commerce CEO Paul Faulkner and Director of Policy & Strategic Relationships Henrietta Brealey visited one of our Health for Life growing sites in Weoley Castle earlier this week, to find out more about the programme, our involvement and meet the team.